Means for removing jar-stoppers.



M. J. BABBITI. MEANS PoR RBMoVING JAR sToPPER's.

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Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT" OFFICE.

MARY kJ. BABBITT, OF JACKSON, MI`QH IGAN.

MEANS Fon REMovlNG .JAR-isT-OPERSL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,208, dated March 22,1904.

Human 519i March z3, 1901, semi No. 52,555. (No-moda.) l

To all whom it may concern: j

` Be it known that I, MARY J. BABBITT, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Means for 'Removing Jar-Stoppers, of which the following is a-speciication.

My 'invention is an improved means for removing stoppers from jars, bottles, and the like, and is especially adapted for removing the-Hat disk-like closures of milk-jars, such as are now commonly used.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive device that is to be applied to and sold with a bottle when the latter is put upon the market.

It is also the object of my device to provide a construction that shall be xedly held upon the neck of a jar r bottle and when once in place will always be ready for use.

The present form of milk-j ar closures,while the most sanitary, is objectionable in that the disks are hard to open, especially if they t the jar closely, and in order to remove the disks a sharp instrument has to be used, which often results disastrously in many ways.

It is therefore the object of my invention to apply the same-style disk, only to apply means for easily removing the disk, as will be explained indetail in the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference now being had to the drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of a milk-jar provided with my improvement, the same being shown closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the disk being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken about on the line 3 3-of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a detail view hereinafter referred to.

Referring n'ow to the drawings, A designates a jar which is of the form of milk-jars now commonly used and having its neck portion provided interiorly with a shoulder c, upon which a disk B, of pasteboard, rests. The neck of the jar is also provided upon its exterior with a shoulder a', which latter forms a retaining device for a wire ring or collar,- which 1 shall now proceed to describe in detail. This wire ring C is passed around the neck of themjar under the shoulder a; and is held in place by twisting the ends thereof, as

shown atc. At diametrically opposite points the wire is coiled several times to form springs c and c2, which are designed to take up any slack in the collar and also adapting the latter to any size neck, as will be readily understood.

Securely fastened to the collar C at one end is a tape-D, which is preferably-made of pliable metal and ha's one end coiled around the collar, as shown at d. The free end ofk the tape is then passed over thev edge of the jar, down under the disk, and up over the top upon the opposite side and projects slightly above the mouth of the jar, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the jars are manufactured, the wire collars provided with the tape are secured upon the neck thereof, and the latter are then ready to beput upon the market. Now when it is desired to fill the jarV milk is poured into the same and the tape bent over the mouth of the bottle, as will be well understood. The disk is then pressed down, which-carries the tape with it 'until both rest upon the shoulder a; of the jar and the jar is closed, the tape being of such length that after the disk is in place the end of the tape projects up and slightly above the edge of the jar, but which vmay be bent down upon the top of the disk when the bottle is to be shipped.

When it is desired to remove the contents of the bottle, the free end of the tape is caught and by a slight pull the disk will'be raised to any. suitable distance, when it maybe caught and entirely removed from the bottle. The tape is then continued over the top of the jar and finally restsupon the side of the bottle, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 2.

I have found from practice that the form of opener above described gives the very best results and being made of a thin sheet of metal may be washed and reused or subjected to any degree of temperature without injury or breaking.

I may iind it desirable to make the collar andtape of one piece of metal, and in that case I take a strip of metal E, pass one end around the bottle-neck, and twist it around the shank, as shown at e, Fig. 4. The free kIO end is then bent over the end of the jar and used in a similar way as the form illustrated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. I may also find it desirable to Inake the Atape of fabric, and in that case the end would be stitched to the collar, as will be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the kind described, the combination with a bottle having interior and exterior shoulders formed adjacent its upper end, of a iat circular disk adapted to close the mouth of the bottle, a wire bent around port the disk.

MARY J. BABBITT. Witnesses:

FRANK H. NEWKIRK, NELLIE B. NEWKIRK. 

